1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1910–11 record	6–6 (6–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thomas E. Thompson
Captain	Louis Bernstein
Home arena	Kenney Gym

1910–11 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	12	–	4	.750
Minnesota	8	–	4	.667	10	–	4	.714
Chicago	7	–	5	.583	10	–	4	.714
Illinois	6	–	5	.545	6	–	6	.500
Wisconsin	6	–	6	.500	6	–	6	.500
Indiana	5	–	5	.500	11	–	5	.688
Iowa	2	–	2	.500	9	–	4	.692
Northwestern	1	–	12	.077	4	–	15	.211

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1910–11 season witnessed only the second coach to remain for more than one season since the beginning of the program. Thomas E. Thompson led the Fighting Illini's basketball program for both the 1910–11 season and 1911–12 season compiling an overall record of 14 wins and 14 losses. Thompson claimed, at the time, to be the only player in Western Conference history to have played five years of collegiate basketball. He was at Northwestern for one year before playing at Illinois for four additional seasons. After leaving the coaching ranks, he founded The Thomas Thompson Company in Highland Park, IL, a manufacturer of enamel products.^[1]

The Illini finished the 1910–11 season with an overall record of six wins and six losses with a conference record of six wins, five losses and a fourth-place finish in the conference.^[2]

Roster

"1910-11 Fighting Illini team"

Player	Position	Class	Hometown
Emmett V. Poston	Center	Senior	Springfield, Illinois
Carl Watson	Left Forward, Right Forward	Senior	DeKalb, Illinois
Louis S. Bernstein	Left Guard, Right Guard	Senior	Niagara Falls, New York
James G. White	Right Guard	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois
Albert L. Hall	Right Forward	Junior	Libertyville, Illinois
Chouncey B. Oliver	Center	Junior	Blue Diamond, Nevada
Herbert T. Leo	Center	Junior	Anaheim, California
William H. Woolston	Right Guard	Sophomore	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Homer W. Dahringer	Center	Freshman	Ludington, Michigan
Herbert J. Matter	Left Forward	Senior	Naperville, Illinois
Clarence John "Jack" Levey	Forward	Sophomore	Toronto, Ontario
Carl Morris Plochman	Forward	Freshman	Evanston, Illinois
Ralph Pillsbury Gates	Left Forward, Right Forward	Junior	Chicago, Illinois

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Head Coach: Thomas E. Thompson (1st year at Illinois)

Schedule

Source^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State

12/31/1910* no, no	@ Evanston YMCA	L 19–28	0-1 (0-0)	Evanston YMCA Evanston, IL
1/7/1911 no, no	vs. Indiana	W 32–22	1-1 (1-0)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/14/1911 no, no	vs. University of Chicago	L 17–23	1-2 (1-1)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
1/20/1911 no, no	@ Minnesota	W 18–17	2-2 (2-1)	University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/21/1911 no, no	@ Wisconsin	L 17–20	2-3 (2-2)	University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
1/28/1911 no, no	vs Purdue	L 29–33	2-4 (2-3)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
2/17/1911 no, no	@ Indiana	L 14–19	2-5 (2-4)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/18/1911 no, no	@ Purdue	W 25–15	3-5 (3-4)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1911 no, no	@ University of Chicago	L 18–19	3-6 (3-5)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/25/1911 no, no	@ Northwestern	W 26–15	4-6 (4-5)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/2/1911 no, no	vs Minnesota	W 22–12	5-6 (5-5)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
3/11/1911 no, no	vs Wisconsin	W 21–18	6-6 (6-5)	Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Bold Italic connotes conference game

References

↑ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.20 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
↑ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
↑ All-Time Illini Rosters
↑ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1910-11, FightingIllini.com

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)

Rivalries	Indiana Missouri

Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NBA draftees Consensus All-Americans

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1910–11 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

See also

References